Pleading not guilty – give me a break
Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009Pleading “not guilty” in many cases is a waste of the courts any everyone else’s time. Pleading “not guilty” costs the nation millions if not billions of dollars every year.
It is often usedin cases where the guilty party (not alleged) has admitted the crime, was apprehended with a weapon in hand or other clear, logical, reasonable evidence of guilt.
This madness to assure everyone of their “rights” must stop. Here is what I propose. If a person pleads “not guilty” and is later found guilty, they will have 50% of the sentence added on – so if you get 10 years and lied about being guilty, you get 15 years. And that is exactly what this is – lying – to the court, your attorney(maybe), the prosecutor, etc. At the very least we should call it perjury.
Lets look at the latest “not guilty” plea by the Arkansas Muslim who killed the young soldier outside the recruiting station. He admitted it when he was caught, he had the weapon (and others) in his possession, he was apprehended minutes from the crime while fleeing. Carlos Bledsoe (I won’t call him by his Muslim name unless I find out he legally changed it) is guilty.
